The finalists in the National Business Review Online Audacious Challenge Top 40 with ANZ were named at last night's function for aspiring entrepreneurs - each gaining a $500 start-up fund to plan their business concept.
Spokeswoman Paula Hellyer said the competition helped University of Otago and Otago Polytechnic students start and run their own business. The finalists would work with entrepreneurial mentoring coach David Quinn to develop a business plan around their ideas, as they made a bid for the top prizes, she said.
Entrepreneurs in the competition ranged from product designers and web developers to manufacturers and medical specialists, she said.
The 40 finalists are. - Michael Murchison; Illeyah Draunidalo; Kristin Borley; Jessie McKay; Jessica Laurent; Sharon Cunningham; Joshua Jeffery; Lisa van Rens; Shanaya Allan and Jason Galbraith; Clay Caird; David Wilson; Ben Neynens; Josephine Leong; Ryan Everton; Danielle Boyte; Rimu Boddy and Jeff Hardisty; Sholto Lee; Josh Tabak; Clement Tan; Arjun Haszard; Matthew Gray; Chirag Ahuja; Gillian McCarthy, Ruth Elliott and Oliver Bridgman; William Horton and Julien Van Mellaerts; Tom Latty, Scott Thomas, Francisco Sousa, Arjun Haszard and Anthony Yardley; Chirag Ahuja; Emma Pollitt; Gillian McCarthy; Sam Shallard; Kevin Smith; Deliya Handisides; Laura Ferguson; Maree Casey; Stephen Pronk; Mason Griffiths; Laraine Johnstone; Grant Elley; Alex Dong; Asta Smither; Julio Munoz.
